Livid

Livid is video hosting for people who got tired of Vimeo deciding what their player should look like. You move your library over, strip the watermark, drop in your own logo, and host every clip ad-free with the sharing controls set exactly where you want them. It is a small swap that changes how your videos read to the people watching.

What Livid actually does

The migration is the part most people dread, so Livid hands it to a free desktop app and gets out of the way.

• Bulk export your entire Vimeo library with folders and metadata intact, so your content arrives organized
• Run the free L.O.V.E. (Livid One-click Video Exporter) app on Windows, Mac, or Linux to handle the transfer
• Remove the Livid watermark and add your own logo across every video you host
• Customize colors, controls, and play button styles to match your brand
• Share videos with public, unlisted, or password-protected links
• Swap out a video without changing its URL, so every embed and link stays intact
• Track analytics to see when viewers drop off or replay

What the viewer ends up with is a player that looks like it belongs to you. No ads, no recommended-video grid pulling people off to someone else's content, no platform badge sitting in the corner of your work. You set autoplay, loop, and mute per video, decide whether a clip can be downloaded or shared at all, and swap the file behind an embed without breaking the link you already sent out.

The features that matter

• Move your Vimeo library — bulk export with folders and metadata, so nothing lands scrambled.
• Brand the player — your logo replaces theirs, and bulk updates rebrand many videos at once.
• Control your views — public, unlisted, or password-protected links per video, or sharing off entirely.
• Review and track — timestamped feedback to speed up edits, plus drop-off analytics that show what landed.

The analytics stay deliberately simple. You see where viewers drop off and where they rewind, which is usually enough to tell whether an intro is dragging or a demo lost people halfway through. Pair that with timestamped feedback from a collaborator and the usual vague note about "somewhere near the two minute mark" becomes a comment pinned to the exact frame.

Who it's built for

Livid fits anyone whose videos are part of the product, not a side channel. Course creators embedding lessons get a clean player without a competitor's logo in the corner. Agencies delivering review cuts get password links and timestamped notes. Podcasters posting video episodes, SaaS teams hosting onboarding clips, and consultants sending gated walkthroughs all land in the same bucket: they want the video to look professional and stay theirs. And if Vimeo's renewal has crept up another year, the people most tempted to switch are the ones hosting a back catalog they would rather not re-upload by hand.

Tier 1 starts at $39 for 200 GB of storage and 1 TB of bandwidth at 1080p; the step up adds 4K and your own logo. If you have been eyeing the exit from your current host, this is a cheap way to test the move. Grab it while the deal is live.